Notice and Note Sign Posts

Why would the character act (feel) this way?

• memory moment

• contrast and contradictions

• words of the wiser

• tough questions

• aha moment

How might this change things?

• memory moment

• again and again

• words of the wiser

• aha moment

• contrast and contradictions

What does this question make me wonder about?

• contrast and contradictions

• words of the wiser

• tough questions

• again and again

• aha moment

What is the life lesson and how might it affect the character?

• words of the wiser

• tough questions

• memory moment

• contrast and contradiction

• aha moment

Why might the author bring this up repeatedly?

• memory moment

• words of the wiser

• aha moment

• again and again

• tough questions

Why might this flashback be important?

• aha moment

• contrast and contradictions

• again and again

• memory moment

• tough questions

sign posts can help students:

• pay attention to what they are reading

• comprehend a text

• visualize a text

• make predictions

• infer deeper meaning from the text